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    • GOP lawmaker punished for spreading misinformation

      GOP lawmaker punished for spreading misinformation

      Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who supported President Trump's efforts to overturn the election, recently tweeted a slew of false claims about voter fraud in Georgia.

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      • 4th victim dies after gunman's attacks in Illinois

        4th victim dies after gunman's attacks in Illinois

      • Notorious music producer Phil Spector dead at 81

        Notorious music producer Phil Spector dead at 81

      • Census decision deals blow to Trump efforts on House seats

        Census decision deals blow to Trump efforts on House seats

      • Why Biden isn't likely to replace Gen. Milley

        Why Biden isn't likely to replace Gen. Milley

      • Biden camp responds to op-ed on telling Trump secrets

        Biden camp responds to op-ed on telling Trump secrets

    • Wilmington 1898: When white supremacists overthrew a US government
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      BBC

      Wilmington 1898: When white supremacists overthrew a US government

      They destroyed black-owned businesses, murdered black residents, and forced the elected local government - a coalition of white and black politicians - to resign en masse. Historians have described it as the only coup in US history. Its ringleaders took power the same day as the insurrection and swiftly brought in laws to strip voting and civil rights from the state's black population.

    • Congresswoman's spokesman quits less than 2 weeks into term
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      Associated Press

      Congresswoman's spokesman quits less than 2 weeks into term

      The spokesman for Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert has quit less than two weeks after she was sworn into office, saying he was prompted to by the insurrection at the nation's Capitol. Ben Goldey confirmed his departure to The Colorado Sun after it was first reported on Saturday by Axios. The Sun reported that Goldey did not respond to additional questions, but he told Axios he was leaving in the wake of a deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

      • Communications director for gun-toting congresswoman quits
        Communications director for gun-toting congresswoman quits
        Axios
      • Aide to Lauren Boebert resigns following Capitol riots
        Aide to Lauren Boebert resigns following Capitol riots
        The Independent
    • Why Is Israel Doing Better Than Everyone Else in COVID Vaccinations?
      Politics
      National Review

      Why Is Israel Doing Better Than Everyone Else in COVID Vaccinations?

      It has administered 24.5 doses per 100 persons, nearly double the next-best country (the United Arab Emirates) and about 8 times as many people per capita as in the U.S. and the U.K. Israel's per capita vaccination rate is 24 times that of the normally efficient Germans and 50 times better than the world average. Only three other countries in the world โ€” the U.S., China, and the U.K. โ€” have administered more vaccines. Why is Israel doing so much better than anyone else?

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      Indonesia quake dead pulled from under rubble

      An aftershock jolted Indonesia's Sulawesi island on Saturday (January 16) as rescue workers combed the rubble of collapsed buildings for survivors after an earthquake killed over 40 people Friday and sent thousands of residents fleeing in panic. The country's disaster mitigation agency said no damage or casualties were reported from Saturday's magnitude-5.0 tremor in the West Sulawesi districts of Mamuju and Majene, which shook the area a day after the magnitude-6.2 quake.

    • 'Baked Alaska' arrested in Capitol Hill riot: FBI
      U.S.
      Reuters

      'Baked Alaska' arrested in Capitol Hill riot: FBI

      Far-right media personality Tim Gionet, who goes by the handle "Baked Alaska," was arrested on Friday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Houston, Texas, according to documents the agency posted online, and charged with participating in the violent riot on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6. According to a sworn statement filed by an FBI agent, Gionet livestreamed a 27-minute video from the Capitol using a service called "DLive." Gionet did not do much to hide his identity, according to the statement, which noted he "turned the phone around to show his face and is clearly identifiable."

      • Far-right personality 'Baked Alaska' arrested in riot probe
        Far-right personality 'Baked Alaska' arrested in riot probe
        Associated Press
      • From Baked Alaska to a guy with horns: notable riot arrests
        From Baked Alaska to a guy with horns: notable riot arrests
        Associated Press
    • Trump will take nuclear football out of DC on his final day in office - and the codes will be deactivated at the stroke of noon
      Politics
      The Independent

      Trump will take nuclear football out of DC on his final day in office - and the codes will be deactivated at the stroke of noon

      Donald Trump will get to take the nuclear football with him when he leaves Washington DC on his final day in office โ€“ but the codes will be deactivated at the stroke of noon. Mr Trump will be accompanied by the 45-pound briefcase when he flies to Florida on the morning of Joe Biden's inauguration, as he is reportedly expected to do. Military officials will have a nuclear football ready and waiting to accompany Mr Biden after he becomes the commander-in-chief, officials told CNN.

    • China builds hospital in 5 days after surge in virus cases
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      Associated Press

      China builds hospital in 5 days after surge in virus cases

      China on Saturday finished building a 1,500-room hospital for COVID-19 patients to fight a surge in infections the government said are harder to contain and that it blamed on infected people or goods from abroad. The hospital is one of six with a total of 6,500 rooms being built in Nangong, south of Beijing in Hebei province, the official Xinhua News Agency said. China had largely contained the coronavirus that first was detected in the central city of Wuhan in late 2019 but has suffered a surge of cases since December.

    • Distrust, division and doubt cloud Palestinian election call
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      Reuters

      Distrust, division and doubt cloud Palestinian election call

      Beset by political infighting, split between three territories and distrustful of their institutions, many Palestinians are sceptical that their first national elections in 15 years will bring change - or even happen at all. President Mahmoud Abbas said on Friday that parliamentary and presidential elections would be held later this year in a bid to heal long-standing divisions. The announcement is widely seen as a gesture aimed at pleasing U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, with whom the Palestinians want to reset relations after they reached a low under Donald Trump.

      • Divisions and doubt cloud Palestinian election
        Divisions and doubt cloud Palestinian election
        Reuters Videos
      • Explainer: Road to Palestinian vote full of obstacles
        Explainer: Road to Palestinian vote full of obstacles
        Associated Press
    • Trump's presidency not just a blip in US foreign policy
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      Associated Press

      Trump's presidency not just a blip in US foreign policy

      President-elect Joe Biden's plan to scrap President Donald Trump's vision of โ€œAmerica Firstโ€ in favor of โ€œdiplomacy firstโ€ will depend on whether he's able to regain the trust of allies and convince them that Trumpism is just a blip in the annals of U.S. foreign policy. From Europe to the Middle East and Asia, Trump's brand of transactional diplomacy has alienated friends and foes alike, leaving Biden with a particularly contentious set of national security issues. Biden, who said last month that โ€œAmerica's back, ready to lead the world, not retreat from it,โ€ might strive to be the antithesis of Trump on the world stage and reverse some, if not many, of his predecessor's actions.

    • Mexico says it's OK with getting less Pfizer vaccine for now
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      Associated Press

      Mexico says it's OK with getting less Pfizer vaccine for now

      President Andrรฉs Manuel Lรณpez Obrador said Sunday that his government has agreed with a U.N. proposal to delay shipments of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to countries like Mexico that had exiting purchase agreements, in order to get more doses to poorer countries quicker. Lรณpez Obrador said the delayed shipments would be made up later. โ€œAnyway, that won't change our plan, because we are already seeking out other vaccines,โ€' Lรณpez Obrador said, referring to the AstraZeneca vaccine as well as the Chinese CanSino and Russian Sputnik V vaccines, neither of which has been approved for use yet.

      • Lebanon signs with Pfizer for 2.1 million vaccine doses
        Lebanon signs with Pfizer for 2.1 million vaccine doses
        Associated Press
      • Brazilian approval of Sputnik V vaccine delayed by missing data
        Brazilian approval of Sputnik V vaccine delayed by missing data
        Reuters
    • Covid: Brazil approves and rolls out AstraZeneca and Sinovac vaccines
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      BBC

      Covid: Brazil approves and rolls out AstraZeneca and Sinovac vaccines

      A nurse has received the first vaccine dose of Brazil's Covid-19 immunisation programme after health regulators gave emergency approval to two jabs. Regulator Anvisa gave the green light to vaccines from Oxford-AstraZeneca and China's Sinovac, doses of which will be distributed among all 27 states. Brazil's vaccine programme has started later than many of its regional peers.

      • Brazilโ€™s health agency approves the use of two vaccines
        Brazilโ€™s health agency approves the use of two vaccines
        Associated Press
      • Pakistan approves AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
        Pakistan approves AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
        Reuters
    • Iran fires long-range missiles into Indian Ocean in military drill: media
      World
      Reuters

      Iran fires long-range missiles into Indian Ocean in military drill: media

      Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Saturday fired long-range ballistic missiles into the Indian Ocean on the second day of a military exercise, state media reported. The drill, which comes in the waning days of high tensions with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, was conducted in the country's central desert region. "One of our most important defence policy goals is to use long-range ballistic missiles against enemy warships, including aircraft carriers and warships," state media quoted Guards commander Major General Hossein Salami as saying.

    • Egypt unveils ancient funerary temple south of Cairo
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      Associated Press

      Egypt unveils ancient funerary temple south of Cairo

      Egypt's former antiquities minister and noted archaeologist Zahi Hawass on Sunday revealed details of an ancient funerary temple in a vast necropolis south of Cairo. Hawass told reporters at the Saqqara necropolis that archaeologists unearthed the temple of Queen Neit, wife of King Teti, the first king of the Sixth Dynasty that ruled Egypt from 2323 B.C. till 2150 B.C. Archaeologists also found a 4-meter (13-foot) long papyrus that includes texts of the Book of the Dead, which is a collection of spells aimed at directing the dead through the underworld in ancient Egypt, he said.

    • Branson's Virgin rocket takes satellites to orbit
      Science
      BBC

      Branson's Virgin rocket takes satellites to orbit

      Sir Richard Branson's rocket company Virgin Orbit has succeeded in putting its first satellites in space. Ten payloads in total were lofted on the same rocket, which was launched from under the wing of one of the entrepreneur's old 747 jumbos. Sir Richard is hoping to tap into what is a growing market for small, lower-cost satellites.

      • Virgin Orbit carries satellites to space for the first time (update: deployed)
        Virgin Orbit carries satellites to space for the first time (update: deployed)
        Engadget
      • Branson's Virgin Orbit reaches space with key mid-air rocket launch
        Branson's Virgin Orbit reaches space with key mid-air rocket launch
        Reuters
    • Vice President-elect Harris to resign her Senate seat Monday
      Politics
      Associated Press

      Vice President-elect Harris to resign her Senate seat Monday

      Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will resign her Senate seat on Monday, two days before she and President-elect Joe Biden are inaugurated. Aides to the California Democrat confirmed the timing and said Gov. Gavin Newsom was aware of her decision, clearing the way for him to appoint fellow Democrat Alex Padilla, now California's secretary of state, to serve the final two years of Harris' term. Padilla will be the first Latino senator from California, where about 40% of residents are Hispanic.

      • Kamala Harris will resign from her Senate seat on Monday ahead of inauguration as vice president
        Kamala Harris will resign from her Senate seat on Monday ahead of inauguration as vice president
        Business Insider
      • Kamala Harris to Resign Senate Seat on Monday Ahead of Inauguration
        Kamala Harris to Resign Senate Seat on Monday Ahead of Inauguration
        National Review
    • Donald Trump visited by pillow tycoon who was carrying notes about martial law
      Politics
      The Telegraph

      Donald Trump visited by pillow tycoon who was carrying notes about martial law

      Donald Trump had a bizarre visit in his final days at the White House from a businessman known as the My Pillow Guy . Michael Lindell was photographed just before he went in to see the president in the West Wing. He was carrying a set of notes which included references to "martial law" and advocating appointing someone loyal to Mr Trump to head the CIA.

    • Chaos Engulfs Airport as Navalny Lands Back Home to Face Down Putin
      World
      The Daily Beast

      Chaos Engulfs Airport as Navalny Lands Back Home to Face Down Putin

      MOSCOWโ€”Five months after surviving an assassination attempt, the Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, arrived back in Russia on Sunday amid chaotic scenes as copsโ€”some of who were dressed in riot gearโ€”arrested supporters and tried to prevent people entering the airport where their returning hero was scheduled to land. A German medical rescue plane had evacuated Navalny from Russia in August while he lay in a coma. Putin has tried to dismiss Navalny as merely a โ€œbloggerโ€ but that is a hard claim to make with a straight face when law enforcement services have deployed dozens of police vehicles to greet you at an airport that descended into anarchy with cops trying to herd supporters and journalists back out of the building after many had forced their way inside.

    • Iran asks watchdog not to publish 'unnecessary' nuke details
      World
      Associated Press

      Iran asks watchdog not to publish 'unnecessary' nuke details

      Iran urged the United Nations' nuclear watchdog to avoid publishing โ€œunnecessaryโ€ details on Tehran's nuclear program, state TV reported Sunday, a day after Germany, France and Britain said Tehran has โ€œno credible civilian useโ€ for its development of uranium metal. The report quoted a statement from Iran's nuclear department that asked the International Atomic Energy Agency to avoid publishing details on Iran's nuclear program that may cause confusion. It is expected the international atomic energy agency avoid providing unnecessary details and prevent paving ground for misunderstandingโ€ in the international community, the statement said.

    • Israel OKs hundreds of settlement homes in last-minute push
      World
      Associated Press

      Israel OKs hundreds of settlement homes in last-minute push

      Israeli authorities on Sunday advanced plans to build nearly 800 homes in West Bank settlements, in a last-minute surge of approvals before the friendly Trump administration leaves office later this week. COGAT, the Israeli defense body that authorizes settlement construction, confirmed the approvals, which drew swift condemnations from the Palestinians. The anti-settlement monitoring group Peace Now said that over 90% of the homes lay deep inside the West Bank, which the Palestinians seek as the heartland of a future independent state, and over 200 homes were located in unauthorized outposts that the government had decided to legalize.

    • Norwegian health officials have adjusted their advice on who gets a COVID-19 vaccine as 29 frail elderly people die
      World
      Business Insider

      Norwegian health officials have adjusted their advice on who gets a COVID-19 vaccine as 29 frail elderly people die

      Norwegian health officials have changed their advice on who gets a COVID-19 vaccine after more than 25 elderly people with underlying health conditions died. According to the agency, "all deaths" are linked to the Pfizer vaccine, which was the only one available in the country until Friday. However, Norwegian officials maintain they are not alarmed and have advised individual doctors to decide who should receive a vaccine.

    • The Kashmiri Families Begging for Their Sonsโ€™ Bodies Back
      World
      The Daily Beast

      The Kashmiri Families Begging for Their Sonsโ€™ Bodies Back

      Indian-administered Kashmirโ€”On the afternoon of Jan. 7, 2021, a narrow lane covered with a huge layer of snowโ€”and the muddy foot imprints of Kashmiri mournersโ€”formed a track leading to the door of Mushtaq Ahmad Wani's house. Two Kashmiri men in their early 20s who wore long dull-colored pheran, a traditional Kashmiri dress, served the tea to the mourners, who had come to express their condolences to Mushtaq over the killing of his only son, 16-year-old Athar Ashraf Wani. The teen was killed two weeks earlier on the highway that connects Srinagar, the capital city of Indian-administered Kashmir, to the northern and southern parts of the region.

    • Parler's CEO fled his home and went into hiding after receiving death threats and security breaches, a court filing says
      U.S.
      Business Insider

      Parler's CEO fled his home and went into hiding after receiving death threats and security breaches, a court filing says

      Parler CEO John Matze Jr. and his family have fled their homes after receiving death threats, a new court filing says. Parler was recently removed from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, and Amazon Web Services stopped hosting the platform after it deemed Parler a "risk to public safety." Trump supporters flocked to the platform after the president was banned from Twitter following the siege at the Capitol on January 6.

    • Kanye West's Yeezy sues former intern for allegedly breaching NDA by sharing confidential photos on Instagram
      Business
      INSIDER

      Kanye West's Yeezy sues former intern for allegedly breaching NDA by sharing confidential photos on Instagram

      Yeezy LLC has sued a former intern, Ryan Inwards, for allegedly breaching a non-disclosure agreement, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The complaint claimed Inwards breached the NDA by posting confidential Yeezy photographs on Instagram. Yeezy LLC is reportedly seeking $500,000 in liquidated damages and punitive damages.

    • Twitter suspends US congresswoman over election fraud claims
      Politics
      Associated Press

      Twitter suspends US congresswoman over election fraud claims

      Twitter on Sunday temporarily suspended the account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican U.S. Congresswoman from Georgia who has expressed racist views and support for QAnon conspiracy theories online. Greene's account was suspended โ€œwithout explanation," she said in a statement, while also condemning big tech companies for โ€œsilencingโ€ conservative views. Before noon Sunday, Greene posted a clip from an interview with a local news outlet in which she condemned Georgia election officials and expressed support for debunked theories claiming that voting machines, absentee ballots and other issues led to widespread fraud in the state during the presidential election.

      • Twitter Temporarily Suspends QAnon Rep. For Election Disinformation, Inciting Violence
        Twitter Temporarily Suspends QAnon Rep. For Election Disinformation, Inciting Violence
        HuffPost
      • Twitter locks account of Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican who promoted QAnon
        Twitter locks account of Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican who promoted QAnon
        Reuters
    • Ted Cruz's former staffers say they are 'disgusted' by his role in the US Capitol insurrection and his unflinching support of Trump, report says
      Politics
      Business Insider

      Ted Cruz's former staffers say they are 'disgusted' by his role in the US Capitol insurrection and his unflinching support of Trump, report says

      At least six of Sen. Ted Cruz's former aides have expressed their disgust at the recent actions of their former boss, according to New York Magazine's Intelligencer. Ted Cruz is under fire for spreading election misinformation, objecting to the results of the 2020 election being certified, and having fundraised during the US Capitol insurrection. Democratic lawmakers have called for Cruz to resign or to be removed from office.

      • Ted Cruz responds to DC rioter saying Cruz 'wants us to do this'
        Ted Cruz responds to DC rioter saying Cruz 'wants us to do this'
        KTRK โ€“ Houston
      • Group calls for Sen Ted Cruz's resignation at protest
        Group calls for Sen Ted Cruz's resignation at protest
        KTRK โ€“ Houston
    Why Democrats won in Georgia
    • โ€œIf youโ€™re looking to win elections, it is probably best not to urge your supporters not to vote.โ€

    • โ€œWarnockโ€™s portrayal of himself as a dog lover, a means of overcoming white suspicions of Black men, smacked of pure genius.โ€

    • โ€œTrump has done damage to the Republican brand among suburban voters that goes well beyond just races where he is on the ballot.โ€

    • โ€œOnce more, Democrats must profusely thank activist Stacey Abrams.โ€

    • โ€œOverall, demographic trends show that the stateโ€™s electorate is becoming younger and more diverse each year.โ€

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